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The wars & local soldiers, 1929

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Soldiers' Appeal Again Postponed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1929 · page 7

Again the weather's onslaught has swept aside the plans for the Soldiers' Day Appeal, which was to have been held in the city to-day. It was…

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Austin Club Wounded Soldiers Benefit

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 31

On Saturday, March 2, the Austin Club will hold a treasure hunt in aid of the wounded soldiers who are inmates of various Red Cross hospitals…

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King Frost Makes War

The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 4

"UNTIL two frozen seas shall meet-- " In the folk-lore of Scandinavia, this is the remote time given for the ending of all the loves of lads and lasses. It is interesting to speculate on that far distant doom, especially as no black Self-pity need…

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Mr. Toone to Lay Foundation Stone War Memorial Pavilion at Waitara

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 33

A foundation stone of the new cricket pavilion at Waitara Oval will he laid to-morrow at 4 p.m. by Mr. F. C. Toone, manager of the English cricket team,…

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Younger Set on War Path? Fight for Positions in Newtown League

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 35

Thirty-four nominations have been received for eight positions on the general committee of Newtown Rugby League Club, the…

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Romance of Progress Jubilee Week at Lismore Pioneers Saw Blacks' War

Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 3

WITH a "Fifty golden milestones week." from March I to in Lismore will celebrate the jubilee of its foundation as a municipality on March 5, 1879…

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Was Brilliant in War Time "General" Higgins Lived Up to His Title

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 8

General Edward John Higgins, the new head of the Salvation Army, is a "son of the regiment." HIS father was one of the earliest…

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America's Way T. B. Soldier Treatment Medical Colonel Here

The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 7

"If there is any doubt whether an American soldier actually contracted T.B. while on war service, he is always given the benefit of that doubt," said…

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Singing Soldiers Marching Into Camp Annual Training

The Sun · Saturday 16 February 1929 · page 7

Lustily singing old war marching tunes to new words, 2000 khaki-clad, troops, apparently without a care in the world, marched into Liverpool…

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War Secrets In Czar's Passionate Letters "Don't Tell" Czarina and Rasputin "Yours, Nicky" London

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1929 · page 1

Further remarkable letters Written by the Czar of Russia to the Czarina, from the front in 1916, have been published in the "Spectator." Written in his usual affectionate style, some of them…

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Soldiers

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 February 1929 · page 6

The R.S.l. Employment Bureau advises that the following positions are wanted for returned soldiers: Apprenticeships.—Sons and daughters of…

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Wounded with Knife. Macksville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 12

A dispute occurred last night between three men, all of whom have been occupying an old bakery in Winifred-street as a training ground. The sequel was the preferment…

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In Their Units Anzac Day March

The Sun · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 7

The Returned Soldiers' League hopes that all Diggers will get in touch with their unit associations, so that the Anzac Day march this year will be…

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Man Found Wounded in Shed. Moss Vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 12

John Valentine, a day labourer, about 40 years of age, against whom a warrant for arrest had been issued a year ago for alleged wife desertion, was reported to the police as…

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Soldier Settlers' Credit Stopped Want Government Assistance

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 17

NARROMINE, Saturday.--The principal storekeepers of the district are not prepared to give further credit to soldier settlers without security…

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Canadian Distilleries Blamed for Massacre of Men in Chicago "Purple Gang's" Crime Huge Sums in Gigantic War in U.S.A. Appeal to Public Chicago

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1929 · page 4

The "Daily News" declares that the massacre of seven men in a garage last week was we result of a gigantic war, involving millions…

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The Churches and the War

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 4

Sir,--In reference to Mr. Morgan's letter, concerning the Church and its clergy. Mr. Morgan's idea is wrong when he says that the last war was…

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Offer Bonus ? "It Is the Only Way" War on Sharks ?

The Sun · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 19

Hundreds of proposals have been advanced for malting the surfing beaches of Sydney free from the shark menace…

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The Letter Bag War at Warragamba on Water Board What of Big Scheme? Settlers' Protest. To the Editor

Evening News · Tuesday 19 February 1929 · page 8

SIR,—While the Warragamba scheme is being considered and sheived, unfortunate settlers in this area, although they possess alluvial flats capable of producing wonderful crops, are forced…

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